Heya, I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on creating footsteps. Up until now I''ve been sampling all of my "simple" sounds from movies/sfx cd''s, but I really want to learn how to do it myself. Ironically, I have no problem with more intricate fx like weapons, vehicles, ambient loops... I''ve tried things like a coffee-cup on a cloth covered table for wood steps, rubbing thick bristle brushes for grass, but I can''t seem to come up with anything good (at least not deus ex/unreal quality). I''ve had the hardest time with marble footsteps (ie the sound of a mage''s footsteps in a castle''s throne room)... I wish I never would''ve started sampling other people''s fx, I''ve become a bit too dependent on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Perhaps you could add an echo... If you in a castle (a stone room) it should echo _alot_

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Andrew - When it comes to reverb I''m a big fan of EAX and sound propagation (in the slightly rare event when I work with programmers who put effort into the sound engine). I try to avoid static reverb. If the mage walks into the throne room and then turns down a hall I want the reverb to adjust dynamically (instead of using marblestep-largerev.wav and marblestep-hallrev.wav, etc)...

Krikkit - Thanks, actually I did try that with various materials; no success. So far for marble I''ve tried coffee-cup on a bare table, whacking two materials together (shoes, two pieces of wood, marble coasters, blah...).

Thanks for the replies. I''m probably over-thinking this whole thing, it absolutely should NOT be this tricky...

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